The Carolina Curator

Daniel Smith is an artist, author, curator, educator, and publisher (Canonymous Press). He was the Digital Production Editor & Metadata Coordinator for American Journeys and Project Director for the North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection. He has worked in the antiquarian book trade, as well as for such institutions as Cornell University, the Wisconsin Historical Society, and the University of North Carolina. He is a graduate of the University of Iowa, with degrees in Biochemistry (B.S. with Honors), Russian (B.A.), Library & Information Science (M.A.), Comparative Literature (M.F.A.), and Law (J.D.), and studied abroad in Taiwan, Germany, Guatemala, and Russia. Research interests include the history of the book, information design, the digitization of historical materials, freedom of information, and international human rights. Smith is currently available for freelance curatorial, research, writing, editing, design, and publishing projects. [Email]

SAHMS welcomes papers on the history of medicine and science, broadly construed to encompass historical, literary, anthropological, philosophical and sociological approaches to health care and science including race, disabilities and gender studies. Participants may propose individual papers of panels of several papers on a particular theme.

Each presenter is limited to 20 minutes, with additional time for questions and discussion. Please do not submit papers that have already been published, presented or scheduled for presentation at another meeting. All participants are responsible for their own travel expenses and must pay registration costs in advance of the meeting. There are student travel awards each year, for more information on applications for this competitive award, please see information on the SAHMS website. Electronic submissions as email attachments in MS Word or other readily supportable formats are required.

Submit a one-page abstract of the paper that includes the headings: Purpose of study, Rationale and significance, Description of methodology, Identification of major primary and secondary sources, and Findings and conclusions. Abstracts will be selected on the basis of merit. Proposals must also include three learning objectives for the presentation. Include a one-page CV and cover sheet (found on the website) for each presenter.

Proposals should be submitted no later than October 31, 2009. All attendees must register in advance of the meeting. Please send paper proposals to: Mary E. Gibson, PhD, RN at meg2e@virginia.edu.

Student Travel AwardsStudents seeking financial assistance to attend SAHMS in Louisville are invited to submit their requests at the time of paper submission to Mary E. Gibson, PhD, RN at meg2e@virginia.edu. Students must submit a letter of reference along with their application. Awards are limited and will be announced along with Program Committee determination.